Pat Nugent

Pat Nugent, also credited as Patricia Nugent, is a television producer who spent several years with the Jim Henson Company. She joined the company in 1987, beginning as a production assistant, and in 1993 was appointed director of production (and served as liaison between Henson and Sesame Street).[1]

Nugent went on to work on the sitcom Cosby and served a stint with PBS as head of children's programming (which included Sesame Street). She went on to produce assorted documentaries and works with the NBC news division's nonfiction programming department as a coordinating producer.